Prepared Birch Bark

Prepared Birch Bark
Release	6 May 2019
Missions	No
Properties
Item type	First Aid
Equipable	No
Stackable	Yes
Examine	Dried Birch Bark, suitable for brewing into a restorative tea.
Values
Weight	0.05 kg (0.11 lbs)
Actions
Backpack	Examine
On ground	Take It, Leave It

Prepared Birch Bark is a natural medical and food item in The Long Dark.

Overview

Prepared Birch Bark is an ingredient for cooking Birch Bark Tea, a food and medical item and is crafted from 2 Birch Bark. Crafting takes 5 minutes and doesn't require a tool or light.

To cook Birch Bark Tea, one Prepared Birch Bark and 0.25 liters of potable water must be cooked for 10 minutes at a lit Fire with a Cooking Pot or Recycled Can. Consuming Birch Bark Tea restores 100 Calories, 30% Hydration and grants the benefit "Restore Condition" and potentially "Warming Up" if the beverage is also hot. Cooking Birch Bark Tea increases Cooking Skill.

Birch Bark can can be found in the wilderness near lone birch trees or abundantly at birch forests, typically in single pieces after High Winds or Blizzards. Raw Birch Bark cannot be consumed directly and must first be crafted into Birch Bark Tea.

The Benefit "Restore Condition" heals 5% Condition (2.5% per hour, for 2 hours), regardless if the player is awake/asleep, or if Needs are not met. The Benefit does not stack however, and drinking multiple cups of Birch Bark Tea within 5 hours of one another is a waste of resources.

Prepared Birch Bark (0.05kg) has half the weight of it's materials (2 Birch Bark, 0.10kg), Neither Birch Bark or Birch Bark Tea decays.

Crafting

Prepared Birch Bark
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5 minutes
5 minutes
Requirements
Facility	Anywhere
Materials
Item	Birch Bark
Item	Birch Bark
Quantity	2
Quantity	2

Products

												Item	Skills	Materials
												Birch Bark Tea		1 ×  Prepared Birch Bark 0.25 L ×  Water (Potable)

Tips

• Birch Forests are present near the Lonely Homestead (Pleasant Valley), western The Ravine, and north-western Bleak Inlet. Lone birch trees can be found sporadically in all regions.
• Birch Bark respawns after High Winds or Blizzards.
• Birch Bark may be found via Beachcombing.
• Birch Bark, Prepared Birch Bark and Birch Bark Tea never decay.

Trivia

• It is possible to survive exclusively on Birch Bark Tea, especially on easier difficulties or by using the starvation strategy (only eating just before sleep).
• Birch Bark Tea is disabled during the Challenge: As the Dead Sleep, but Birch Bark may still be collected and used as Tinder.
• Cup of Coffee is the only item which can restore all 4 Needs (if consumed while hot), but Birch Bark Tea functions similarly with its Benefit "Restore Condition", since this heals Condition (2.5% hourly) faster than Fatigue damages it (1% hourly), so it is possible to survive indefinitely without Sleep by drinking 1 cup of Birch Bark Tea every 5 hours (albeit at 0% Fatigue, moving slowly and unable to climb/sprint).

Update history

• UPDATE 6 May 2019 (Update):
  • Added to game